Editing Gordie Howe (section)

==Personal life and death==
Howe met his wife, [[Colleen Howe|Colleen]], at a bowling alley when she was 17 years old, and they were married four years later on April 15, 1953.<ref name="top100" /> 
In the midst of his playing career, Howe appeared as himself on the March 27, 1967, episode of the [[CBS]] game show ''[[To Tell the Truth]]''. He received two of four possible votes. Although hockey was not as popular as other sports in America in 1967, panellist [[Peggy Cass]] was a hockey fan and recognized Howe. She disqualified herself from voting.<ref>{{cite web |title=To Tell the Truth |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOa0ob7AewA&list=PL39ftvD_GHaGhMFWK6TIRjjzOnRJtXc-o&index=37 | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211107/lOa0ob7AewA| archive-date=2021-11-07 | url-status=live|website=[[CBS]] | date=September 28, 2017 |access-date=25 May 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
A [[middle school]] in [[Abbotsford, British Columbia]], is named after Gordie and Colleen Howe, and a [[Circle Drive South Bridge|traffic bridge]], [[Gordie Howe Bowl|campground, and football stadium]] are named after Gordie Howe in his hometown of [[Saskatoon]], [[Saskatchewan]]. An [[Ice hockey arena|arena]] is named for Gordie Howe in [[Traverse City, Michigan|Traverse City]], [[Michigan]], where Howe lived from 1987 to 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Howe's Impact On Traverse City Reverberates|url=https://www.traverseticker.com/news/howes-impact-on-traverse-city-reverberates/|website=The Ticker {{!}} Traverse City News & Events|access-date=May 15, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=DOBROWOLSKI |first=CHRIS |title=UPDATE: Mr. Hockey dies at age 88 |url=https://www.record-eagle.com/sports/local_sports/update-mr-hockey-dies-at-age-88/article_e08b0ee1-76ea-5eca-9020-d6550fbdaf64.html |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=Traverse City Record-Eagle |date=June 10, 2016 |language=en}}</ref> Two of their sons, [[Marty Howe|Marty]] and [[Mark Howe|Mark]], were his teammates on the WHA Houston Aeros and the New England (WHA)/Hartford (NHL) Whalers. Mark had a long NHL career, playing 16 seasons for the [[Hartford Whalers]], the [[Philadelphia Flyers]], and the Red Wings, and was one of the dominant two-way defencemen of the 1980s. He followed his father by being elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.espn.com/nhl/halloffame11/story/_/id/7216908/2011-hockey-hall-fame-look-inductee-mark-howe |title = Mark Howe's journey all his own |access-date = June 11, 2016 |date = November 11, 2011 |publisher = ESPN }}</ref> Their third son, Murray, is a [[radiologist]] in [[Toledo, Ohio]], while their only daughter, Cathy, lives in [[Lubbock, Texas]].<ref name="Global News obit" /><ref>{{Cite news |url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/hockey-legend-gordie-howe-suffered-serious-stroke/article21359665/ |title = Hockey great Gordie Howe resting at daughter's home after stroke |last = Trister |first = Noah |date = October 28, 2014 |work = [[The Globe and Mail]] |location = Toronto |access-date = June 11, 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Murray Howe radiologist">{{cite web |url = http://redwings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=468201 |title = The Gordie Howe you don't know |publisher = [[Detroit Red Wings]] |date = March 28, 2008 |access-date = June 10, 2016 }}</ref>

Colleen Howe was one of the founders of the [[Detroit Jr. Red Wings (SOJHL)|Detroit Junior Red Wings]] and represented both Gordie and Mark financially during their careers.<ref name="top100"/> She died in 2009 at age 76 after a long battle with [[Pick's disease]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090306/colleenhowe_death_090306/20090306?hub=TopStories |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210927184714/https://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090306/colleenhowe_death_090306/20090306?hub=TopStories |url-status = dead |archive-date = September 27, 2021 |title = Death of Colleen Howe |publisher = CTV |access-date = June 7, 2011 }}</ref>

Howe's younger brother, [[Vic Howe]], also played in the NHL appearing in 33 games with the [[New York Rangers]] between 1950 and 1955. He died at the age of 85 in [[Moncton]], [[New Brunswick]], on January 31, 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=751524 |title = Vic Howe, brother of hockey legend, dies at 85 |publisher = National Hockey League }}</ref>
[[File:Howe lying in state at Joe Louis Arena.jpg|left|thumb|Howe lying in state at Joe Louis Arena]]
Due to dementia, Howe spent most of his time after his wife's death residing with all four of his children on a rotating basis. While staying at his daughter's home, he suffered a major stroke on October 26, 2014.<ref name=stroke>{{cite news |last1 = Krupa |first1 = Gregg |title = Wings great Gordie Howe resting after 'serious stroke' |url = http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nhl/red-wings/2014/10/28/wings-great-gordie-howe-resting-serious-stroke/18079837/ |work = The Detroit News |access-date = October 29, 2014 |date = October 28, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=736551 |title = Gordie Howe resting after stroke: report |publisher = National Hockey League |date = October 28, 2014 |access-date = October 29, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://redwings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=744919 |title = Family issues update on Gordie Howe |publisher = National Hockey League |first = Todd |last = Beam |date = December 19, 2014 |access-date = December 19, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2014/12/19/gordie-howe-makes-amazing-recovery-following-stem-cell-treatment-in-mexico/ |title = Gordie Howe makes 'amazing' recovery following stem cell treatment in Mexico |work = ProHockeyTalk |publisher = NBC Sports |date = December 19, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last = Fikes |first = Bradley J. |url = https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/biotech/sdut-gordie-howe-stem-cell-stemedica-novastem-hockey-2014dec25-story.html |title = Did stem cells really help Gordie Howe? |work = U-T San Diego |date = December 25, 2014 | access-date=March 16, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.toledoblade.com/frontpage/2015/03/01/Hockey-legend-s-recovery-highlights-stem-cell-advances.html |title = Hockey legend Gordie Howe's recovery highlights stem-cell advances |newspaper = Toledo Blade |access-date = December 13, 2015 }}</ref> He died on June 10, 2016, at his son Murray's house in the [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]] suburb of [[Sylvania, Ohio]], at the age of 88. No cause was given.<ref name="Global News obit">{{Cite news |url = http://globalnews.ca/news/2753666/gordie-howe-dead-at-88/ |title = Gordie Howe dead at 88 |last = Frisk |first = Adam |date = June 10, 2016|publisher = [[Global News]] |access-date = June 10, 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Death">{{cite web |url = http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2016/06/10/gordie-howe-dies-according-to-numerous-reports |title = Gordie Howe Dies, Red Wings Confirm |publisher = CBS Detroit |date = June 10, 2016 |access-date = June 10, 2016 }}</ref> Howe's casket was brought to [[Joe Louis Arena]], the then-home of the Detroit Red Wings, for a public visitation on June 14, 2016, that lasted from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. in honour of the #9 that Howe wore on his jersey.<ref name="CBC visitation">{{cite news | url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/gordie-howe-visitation-1.3634933 | title=Gordie Howe visitation draws thousands | work=[[CBC Sports]] | date=June 14, 2016 | agency=[[Associated Press]] | access-date=June 14, 2016}}</ref> [[Wayne Gretzky]], [[Scotty Bowman]], and [[Detroit Tigers]] great [[Al Kaline]] acted as pallbearers.<ref name="CBC visitation" /> Howe's funeral, which was also opened to the public, was held on June 15, 2016, at Detroit's [[Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament (Detroit)|Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament]].<ref name="TorStar visitation">{{cite news | url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/2016/06/14/fans-stream-in-to-pay-tribute-to-gordie-howe.html | title=Fans stream in to pay tribute to Gordie Howe | work=[[Toronto Star]] | date=June 14, 2016 | agency=[[The Canadian Press]] | access-date=June 15, 2016 | author=Strong, Gregory}}</ref> Howe's cremated remains, along with those of his wife Colleen, were returned to Canada for the last time and interred in Saskatoon in September 2016, at the base of his statue outside of [[SaskTel Centre]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/gordie-howe-ashes-interred-saskatoon-sasktel-centre-sept-25-2016-1.3778150 |title=Gordie Howe's ashes laid to rest in Saskatoon |publisher=[[CBC News]] |date=September 26, 2016 |access-date=September 26, 2016}}</ref>